Aleix Espargarò obtained the best time in the second free practice session of the Italian Grand Prix in the MotoGP category, eighth stage of MotoGP 2022, scheduled for Sunday at the Mugello circuit. The Aprilia rider took the RS-GP to the top with a time of 1'45.891, a time which allowed him to beat the Ducati of Pecco Bagnaia by only 49 thousandths. The two opened up significant gaps with the competition and were the only ones to beat the “wall” of minute and 46.
Jack Miller, third, with the second Factory Team Ducati, is almost half a second behind, exactly 0,422s. The Australian rider is ahead of three other Ducatis, that of the Pramac Team of Johann zarco, who fell twice without consequences, that of the Mooney VR46 Racing Team of Luca marini and that of the Gresini Team ofEnea Bastianini, winner at Le Mans. Which still gives us six Italian motorcycles in the first six places, an Aprilia RS-GP at the controls followed by 5 Ducatis.
Seventh time for South African KTM Brad Binder, who placed his RC16 ahead of the Ducati Mooney VR46 Racing Team for best rookie, Marco Bezzecchi, eighth and ahead of the world championship leader Fabio Quartararo on Yamaha and the Honda factory of Pol Espargarò.
Marc Marquez and the Suzukis are currently in Q1 in Italy
Forced into provisional Q1 in MotoGP among others: Jorge Martin, Marc Marquez, Alex Rins, Maverick Viñales, Alex Marquez, Joan Mir, Franco Morbidelli, Andrea Dovizioso and Ducati and Aprilia testers, Michele Pirro and Lorenzo Savadori.
The best rookie in Italy was therefore Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) eighth, followed by Fabio DiGiannantonio (Ducati Gresini) 16th, Remy gardner (Team Tech 3) 22nd, Darryn Binder (Yamaha WithU RNF) 23rd, Raul Fernandez (Team Tech 3) 25th. It will be recalled that on the morning of this Friday, the official announcement from the Aprilia Satellite Team arrived, with Razlan Razali's RNF Racing which will bring two RS-GPs to the track for the 2023 and 2024 seasons. Yamaha has theoretically not just two more bikes for 2023 and beyond. For now…
What will this second day have in store for us at Mugello which should suffer the pangs of the rain which wants to invite itself into this Italian Grand Prix ? So as not to miss any of the events which are sure to be exciting, here is the program.
Saturday May 28
09:00 – 09:40: Moto3 FP3
09:55 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.: MotoGP, FP3
10:55 – 11:35: Moto2, FP3
12:35 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.: Moto3, Qualifying 1
13:00 p.m. – 13:15 p.m.: Moto3, Qualifying 2
13:30 p.m. – 14:00 p.m.: MotoGP FP4
14:10 p.m. – 14:25 p.m. MotoGP Q1
14:35 p.m. – 14:50 p.m.: MotoGP, Q2
15:10 p.m. – 15:25 p.m.: Moto2 Qualifying 1
15:35 p.m. – 15:50 p.m.: Moto2 Qualifying 2
16:15 p.m.: MotoE, Race 1 (8 laps)
